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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

I'm very excited to share with you that Bren Bataclan will be visiting Wealthy Elementary in Fall 2010! He will be completing a 15'x5' mural project in our school with the help of students.

Bren Bataclan is a Boston-based artist and founder of the Smile Project. He travels around the world giving away his paintings by leaving them on the street for anyone to pick up. Attached to the painting is a note that requests that the lucky recipient to do something kind for a stranger to make them smile.

To learn more about Bren, please visit his website. Please feel free to ask Miss Forrest for more information.

We have a challenge for students: Look around the school for a place for our mural. Your suggestions can be handed in to Miss Forrest on paper or you can email them to her. Please sumbit your suggestions by Friday, May 29. Remember the mural is 15 feet wide and 5 feet tall.

Artsonia

Artsonia is an online art museum for students. Parents can purchase items with their student's image, such as mugs, t shirts, etc. Our art program would receive 15% of all purchases.

How does it work? Art teachers choose one or two projects per year (or more) and post each student's artwork. The students would be assigned a number to maintain privacy. Parents are then able to log into Artsonia and view their child's artwork and select a customized keepsake. You can view options here.

Please take a quick moment to share your thoughts in the poll below. I would happily participate in Artsonia if an interest is indicated.

Thank you!

Are you interested in purchasing keepsakes with your student's artwork from Artsonia?

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The Visual Arts...

* give students the tools to process an increasingly visual world.* teach communication skills that are vitally needed in today's society. *foster cross-cultural understand through knowledge of civilizations past and present.*celebrate multiple perspective - there are many ways to see and interpret the world.*teach children that problems can have more than one solution and that questions can have more than on answer.*requires students to use both hemispheres of the brain and develop cognitive, affective and psychomotor skills.*increase creative thinking, innovative, even visionary thinking, and promote the ability to solve visual and conceptual problems.*teach students that small differences can have large effects.*provide a safe place for students to explore their identities, take risks, and develop self-esteem -- the arts give students a voice.(Michigan Art Education Association Talking Points)